The Penn's Grove record., 1887-02-05
RHODORA.

One of the lake steamers hal just
come in at Sault Saint Marie and there
was hustle and confusion on the wharf,
ave at the farther end, where stood
three gentlemen leisurely talking. They
aad been watching the boat as 1t came
up the river and were among the first
TO announce that the smoke of the
steamer had been seen. Two of them
wore the uniform of the United States
army; the third, a tall, handsome fellow
With a tawny mustache, was dressed in
! suit of gray tweed and wore a dark
SLOUGH hat, which he drew down over
his eyes every now and then, as II to
shade them more effectually. The least
break in the dull monotomy of garrison
life was welcomed as q godsend, and
The three men had come down here
purely for amusement.
Look, Halstead," said one OF the
officers, plucking the sleeve of the man
N gray. there's a pretty girl"
The man addressed and the other
officer, Capt. Greene, looked upward
and saw a tall, finely formed gill
standing by the steamers railing. Her
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forehead, her mouth was large but
beautifully shaped, and a row of pearly
white teeth was disclosed by her parted
lips. her o was a tritle saucy, but
her eyes--her eyes were a mystery.
"She is a stylish GIRL" said Capt.
Greene, ''but SO much depends upon
The eyes. Cant give an opinion until
[ see the eyes. you know"
20 botherl" said Lieut.. Rodney.
"You couldn't see her eyes from this
distance, even if she didn't have that
thing up"
81 think she is a Detroit girl" said
the man they called Halstead.
All three laughed at this, and Lieut.,
Rodney said.
"You think 1t highly improper for a
young lady to be gazing around in that
manner through a pair of opera glasses,
hence you Immediately set her down as
a Detroit girl-your bette noirel"
Exactly replied Halstead slowly,
The laughter evidently attracted tue
attention of the young lady, for she
turned her glasses in that direction,
but as her eyes fell upon the group the
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to a look of disgust, and turning
abruptly she entered the cabin.
Each of the men noticed it. Not
one of them mentioned it. Each knew
that he could not be the cause of this
disgust.
II can't see why you should have
such a strong aversion to Detroit girls, ;
said Capt. Greene, turning to Halstead.
yhey are supposed to be remarkably
pretty and bewitching-"
Don't, / beg of you." said Hal
dead, holding up his hands depreca-
hSgly. Ever since we came in ]
have heard of nothing but Detroit girls,
Detroit glrls-I suppose We'll get a
stack of them in our regiment. They
always marry in the army. Detroit is
the mother-in-law of the army. You
can't tell me anything about them that
I don't know. wouldn't care to meet
a Detroit girl"
A pair of large gray eyes with dark,
curling lashes were turned in wide as
constituent upon Lieut.. Halstead as a
tall girl In brown swept past him, ac-
companied by a handsome elderly lady,
but none of the group noticed the young
girl to whom they had given so much
attention a few moments since, and
Halstead went on: "Perhaps there are
some exceptions to the rule, bnt
doubt it."
"Ah," laughed Lieut.. Rodney. "Hal'
stead is preparing to slip in on an ex'
ception."
"Nothing of the kind," said Lieut..
Halstead, land to prove it we'll take a
wager that / won't be introduced to d
Detroit girl this season."
"Taken!" they cried, and prepared
to settle the amount of the wager.
Meantime Mrs. Black and her daugh-
ter had arrived at the Hotel de Vile
and been taken to their apartments,
where Blanche Rosenfelt burst in upon
them and, after embracing them super
latively, seated herself, out of breath,
saying: 20 Rhodora, Pm so delighted
you camel We have been here Just
two weeks, and It's distractingly lovely
this year, Wen have no end of fun u
To which Miss Rhodora replied: 1T
is nice to see you, Blanche, but / am
not One bit glad we came. We've been
here every summer since l was born.
/ couldn't bear TO get off the boat"
"But you'll like it Immensely this
year, The hotel is quite full and the
people at the fort are perfectly lovely
you'll be charmed with them, and
81 won't. l fairly hate every n OF
theml''
why, they are all delightful PEG.
pie, said Miss Rosenfelt, with an air
OF surprise. "They only came In from
those horrid plains about TWO months
ago."
ST don't care. They are a miserable
lot. If 1t hadn't been for them ] might
have had a lovely time this summer--I
needn't have come here-but they have
just spoiled everything. l wish they'd
go back where they came FROM"
During this conversation Mrs. Black
had gone toher room and Miss Rhodora
had Invested herself of a large halo hat
and q pair of long tan gloves; then she
had opened the closet door and counted
the hooks, had opened the bureau
drawers, and finding things satisfae-
tory and her trunks not yet come she
seated herself IN a char by the window
and explained: "You see, | was to have
visited Bessie at Fort Porter this sum-
mer. and we had made endless plans.